ORDER OF BATTLE // June 19, 1861
First Battle of Mount Pamaton
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
1 sides catalogued · combined 5,400 estimated
Sultanate of Banjar
5,400
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The First Battle of Mount Pamaton was one of two engagements fought on Pamaton mountain in Borneo between the Sultanate of Banjar and Dutch colonial forces during the Banjarmasin War. The battle was part of a broader armed resistance by the Sultanate against Dutch imperial expansion in Borneo. With a Banjar force of 5,400 under Hidayatullah II, the engagement represented a substantial commitment of Sultanate strength to the defense of the Pamaton position. The recorded result and casualty figures are not preserved, limiting assessment of its immediate operational impact, though its pairing with a second engagement at the same location indicates that control of Pamaton mountain was a point of sustained contest between the two sides.
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